Former Schroders head of UK equities Jim Cox dies

While Cox was at Schroders, he built up the UK enterprise fund to over a £1bn in assets at the end of the 1990s.

He retired from Schroders in 2000 and then worked on a part-time consultancy basis for Alta Advisors, a private investment office that manages money for family offices and institutions.

A spokeswoman for Schroders says: “Jim was an exceptionally good fund manager and a charming, warm man. Our thoughts are with his family at this time”.

MAM funds head of business development Neil Bridge, who worked with Cox when Bridge was at Schroders says: “Jim Cox was a super fund manager and fantastic person to work with. The UK enterprise fund was the first focused UK fund and very much put Schroders on the map. It’s very sad he has passed away.”

Thames River multi-manager Robert Burdett says: “Jim delivered some great returns for our clients in the 1990s when he pioneered the focus fund concept with Schroder UK enterprise. He never sugar-coated his investment views which was refreshing. I am very sorry he has passed away so soon.”

Recommended

Three men have been sentenced to a combined nine years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to running a £1.3m boiler room fraud. The operation was based in Spain and targeted investors in the UK between 2009 and 2010. The Serious Fraud Office says the defendants used high-pressure telesales techniques to promote worthless share bonds in non-trading […]

The FSA’s push for lenders to fund more of their mortgage lending through retail savings deposits could force mortgage prices up. Speaking on a mortgage panel debate at the Sesame symposium, Nationwide group distribution director Matthew Wyles said intense competition for deposits might mean lenders have to raise their mortgage rates or take a hit […]

Ernst & Young global insurance leader Shaun Crawford says there will not be enough financial advisers to meet consumer demand within the next three years. At the Sesame symposium in London last week, Crawford said the number of financial advisers in the marketplace will dwindle and the sector will be unable to service the growing […]

Lloyds Banking Group has decided to continue talks with two of the three bidders over the sale of 630 of its branches. In a statement this morning, the bank said that it was also continuing to work on an Initial Public Offering as a potential alternative to a direct sale. Sky reported yesterday that the […]

Every day a quick scan of the news reveals some new horror that will change the lives of those involved forever – the unlucky accident on the way to work, a tragic illness that cuts a young life short or the holiday accident that leaves more than just a scar to cope with. We barely […]

Newsletter

Latest from Money Marketing

Ingram will be succeeded by Lord Debden, who was previously Apfa’s chair Former Wealth Management Association chairman Tim Ingram has stepped down as chair of the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association board. According to a Companies House filing, Ingram’s position was terminated as of 19 September. He formally stepped down from his Pimfa […]

Seven firms have joined Fairstone so far this year Two more advice firms are joining consolidator Fairstone, adding seven new advisers and £200m in funds under management. Chartermarque, which is based in Glasgow and London, and Hammett & Petch, based in Milton Keynes and Bracknell, have signed up to Fairstone. Fairstone chief executive Lee Hartley […]